Being in Balance

This week I made an amazing discovery. The things in my life have been trying to tell me something; for a very long time actually. It was hard to ignore them, they have been very noisy. The ceiling fan in our bedroom was making a click click click sound. The Turn Signal in my car would keep clicking clicking clicking when I turned the signal off. My knee would click click when I ran or walked up stairs. I just ignored them.

I'm a firm believer that all things are energy and thus everything is effected by everything around it. I also believe that each person is it's own source of power and energy. Our power comes from our thinking and beliefs. Over the past year I've had a rough time, several moves, several jobs, and a challenging financial situation which brought on some depression and insecurity about my future. So I knew the things in my life were onto something, but I did not know how to get myself out of this spiraling downward rut. So I kept ignoring those annoying noisy things.

The one thing that was keeping me sane was running. When I am running, I am all by myself even if I'm in a group. My mind stops worrying and I am just inside my body feeling every step forward and hearing every breath in and then out. It was the most empowered I felt anywhere in my life. Each week I'd add more miles to my running and achieving something so hard made me proud of myself! Of course you can imagine having something like that in ones life could become addictive. It did, I began running more and more and more. If I was sore, so what I'm tough I can run through it. Eventually my body decided to stop me cold in my tracks. I could not keep "running" figuratively and in reality until I worked out the problems in the other areas in my life.

It was a "Stress Fracture" in my upper thigh on my left side. The doctor said no running for a month, no working out, no gym, NOTHING! I decided to listen these "things" were all telling me to stop. Even my beloved I-Pod had fried a circut and was out of commission and I would not have it for weeks. Since my financial situation was so desperate, it was the thing I worried about day & night and I felt helpless to change, so I decided that is what needed to be fixed most.

I made a list...
1. Budget my financial situation and get a clear picture of the issue. (There is no room for denial in this circumstance)
2. Finish my Real Estate Study so I can take the Real Estate Exam and Get my license (Thus creating a skill to bring more money).
3. Paint the Chalk Boards My Brother Commissioned (More Money In).
4. Promote My Totems (More Money in).

It's been over a month since my life changing revelation and I've done all those things on my list.
My leg is healed. I am running again, but slower, training more deliberately and with a clear attainable goal in mind. I'm also handling my finances with the same approach, slow, deliberate, with a clear goal in mind!

Ironically all the other noises stopped too, the Fan, the Car and my Knee!

Now I am in Balance!